Gold capellas with dark mold

QuestionHi Nick, I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL and have gold capellas on 3 sides of my house. The ones that face South are doing great, but the ones on the East and West sides have spots that appear to

Sago Palms

QuestionI live in SC I have two small Sago Palms. Through the winter the fonds all turn brown. Is there a way to protect them from the weather or is this normal and should I cut all the brown fonds

Plumeria Plants

QuestionHelp..appears they are all dying..combination of black spots and yellowy gold powdery substance on leaves. I have them in pots on my porch...can they be saved? Should I plant them in the ground?

natal plum plant is dying

QuestionWe have 2 natal plum trees on our property that were here when we bought the house in New Orleans. Recently we landscaped the garden and kept those plants but added new soil and small trees, ginger plants an

Transplanting Royal Palms

QuestionOur 2 Royal Palms (40)were transplanted Oct. 19. We have been watering them slowly for a few hours every other day and have applied transplanting solution to them a week apart. They are showing s

trimming mussenada

QuestionExpert I have noticed my pink mousseanda plant, whenever I trim the plant the branch or stein that is cut, dries further back and eventually dies. How do you trim the mousseanda Plant? Timothy AnswerHi Tim

Bougenvilla/Oleander

QuestionHi, My Bougenvilla flowered exceptionally well last year, but had not one bloom this summer. I live in NE Pa. It was outside on my deck with full sunlight. Any reason? Also, any care

franboyan tropical tree

QuestionI have planted franboyan trees in Los Angeles and would like to know what to use for winter protection. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you AnswerHi Jose, if they are small enough you can

Apple Banana Tree

QuestionI have 2 apple banana trees with bananas. How do I know when to cut down? Do I leave the red seed pod on when harvested? I livre in So.Cal so it is still fairly warm. What do I do wit

ganoderma

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Nick, I came across your answer to Chris regarding Ganoderma. I first notice Ganoderma on my foxtail. The foxtail had been buried about 8-9 inches too low. It got root rot. We

my dessert rose

Questionmy son bought this rose for me for Mothers Day, and he told me it likes alot of sun. now its starting to get cold, do I bring it inside or let it stay outside?please i dont want it to die, its so beautiful.

fishtail palms leave tips browning

QuestionI live in san diego (near the beach, but not on the beach) and our two 10ft. tall fishtale palms bottom leaves are turn quite brown at the tips. is this too much water, not enough water or ??? AnswerH

A yellow mold on a dwarf banana plant

QuestionHi, I have a dwarf banana plant that I noticed had some soft light yellow mold growing on the dirts surface and when I finally got around to taking it out of the pot to change the soil, it had yellow balls o

Queen Palm Winter Protection

QuestionI have read that XMAS lights and pipe heaters (heat tape?) can be used. Heat tape had lots of cautions so I was afraid it would injure the trees. Do XMAS lights (twinkle lights?) give off enough

splitting majesty palm and giant bird of paradise

QuestionHi, I have two large (9ft. & 12 ft.)giant bird of paradises in my garden (coastal Texas) and a 12 ft. majesty palm. I am wondering if I can split off the smaller growth from each side of the giant birds of

Rooting A New Bannana Palm

QuestionMy Banana Palm was leaning and tipping over as I had neglected to repot it with new and more soil. So, I cut the 7 plant, and put the one and a half foot plumb it in water. Is there somethi

Sea Grape

Question Sea Grape Hi, I have a samll sea grape growing in a container. Something is eating the leaves> Here are some pics. Thanks Betty AnswerHi Betty, more then likely it is Slugs, they fee

mussaenda

QuestionI have a mussaenda that is being killed by some kind of tan colored egg(??) it is sucking the life out of it.. They are light brown little eggs about the size of a pin head and there are hu

disposal of banana plant

QuestionHi Nick further to my earlier question i would like to know if i can use the trunk of the banana plants which i have had to cut down due to high winds breaking them here in Spain if not how can i dispo

Bird of Paradise

QuestionH Nick, I couldnt ask another questions unless I started a new thread. When you say repot into a much larger pot, what size would you recommend. I dont want to repot again for a good while becaus